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… John Semple was a revivalist preacher who rose to prominence during the Ulster … powerful preaching and drew people from far and wide to his communion seasons. He inspired a deep Christian faith and …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 81
… Roman Camp, Newbie by Thomas Rees and Douglas Gordon 57 Brittonic Place-Names from South-West Scotland Part 7: Pennygant by … 1847–1852 by Innes MacLeod reviewed by James Williams 126 Obituaries Andrew Archibald 128 John Neilson 128 Alfred …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 17
… Unpublished Letters of the Ettrick Shepherd to a Dumfriesshire … Motes and Enclosures in Annandale Author: Waugh, W. 131 Place Names Author: Johnson-Ferguson, E. A. 135 Alexander …
TDGNHAS Card: 3083-5
… For nearly four hundred years, historians have been perplexed by the location of ‘Rosnat’, a … and then (on the basis of new evidence) suggests that the place was Old Kea in Cornwall, on a tidal creek between …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 9
… Notes on the Birds of Dumfriesshire Author: Gladstone, H.S. 10 The Marriage of John, Lord Maxwell, and … F. 147 Sir John Macbrair (A Friend of John Knox) Author: Hewison, J.K. 158 The Dumfries Register of Marriages, 1616-1632 Author: Scott, W. and Paton, H.D. 168 The Black Water of Dee Author: Wallace, R. 181 …
Biography: Mr John Neilson
… known in many circles, a retired consultant surgeon who in his earlier days saw experience in the London Blitz, and … for the purchase of the Theatre Royal. He also found time to produce a number of plays including the first in the … refurbished theatre. A great enthusiast for travel, he visited a large number of European countries and latterly the …
… The first meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society had an excellent lecture by Dr … were bagpipes in the Highlands. The pipes were used to commemorate events and were meant to be used outdoors. They …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-9
… In its editorial on 14 December 1963 the Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser declared, ‘The fact must be faced, Liberalism in … ‘No juggling of the figures can produce a single crumb of comfort for the Liberals.’ The party’s candidate, Charles …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 9
… Author: Council, The 2 Obituary: Mr Francis Maxwell of Gribton Author: Council, The 2 Obituary: Mr James Dairon Author: … A Note on the Genus Apion Author: Robinson-Douglas, W.D. 126 The Campanology of Dumfriesshire and Galloway - The Bells … 137 Caryophylls Author: Scott-Elliot, G. F. 139 The Burial Place of Alexander the Great Author: Chinnock, E.J. 142 …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series III, Volume 26
… Articles The Stone Age Background of Scotland by A.D. Lacaille 9 The Rev. James Gatt, Minister of Gretna, 1729–1787 by Rev. E.W.J. M'Connel 41 … on some Human Bones found in Lochar Moss by T.R. Burnett 126 Note on the Knockbrex Skull by R.C. Reid 128 A Cist with …